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Friday, 20 March 2015

The Classic Summer Staple..the Shirtdress

Style Theory: The Shirtdress, a classic, can be worn year after year and be easily dressed up or down. This year, the denim shirt dress reigns supreme but there are plenty more beautiful options available on the high street from chambray, to cotton to linen...

There were plenty of shirtdresses on the SS15 catwalks and the streetstylers have been fans of the classic style for years. It is such an easy dress to wear, here is some inspiration of how to style the shirtdress the 2015 way:

Left: Altuzzarra SS15 Right: Ralph Lauren SS15

Left: Viktor and Rolf SS15 Right: Chloe SS15

The high street stores have shirtdresses year after year, here are a selection of my favourites available on the high street now and ideas of how to style:

Extremely pricey but one I will be looking out for in the Asos summer sale. I love the mix of (silk) fabric, will be a beautiful dress to wear on holiday with tan, flat, strappy, gladiator style sandals.

This could have the look of a maternity dress, but how comfy does it look? To avoid the maternity look wear with a fitted denim jacket and keep shoes delicate, flat pointy ballet pumps would look great especially in a bright orange, or mix it up with a leopard print for style twist.

Finally a great, basic shirtdress from Topshop, Michelle from MyFashionable40s bought it recently and it looks fab on. Wear with trainers now and in the summer swap for gold sandals see SusieSoso's fabulous New Looks finds..they would look great with a shirtdress..

There are soooo many gorgeous sandals and shoes on the high street this year..my next post will be dedicated to them!

MY STYLE

My favourite shirtdresses from last year...I wore them non-stop, both on evenings out and for a casual daytime look..

Are you a fan of the shirtdress, how do you style yours? I would love to hear your thoughts and comments and if you have found any gorgeous ones on your shopping travels? Until next time, Frances xxxxx

Thank you for the lovely mention Frances! The more I was scrolling down this post and seeing all the fabulous dresses the more I was willing Spring and some higher temperatures to appear! I can't wait to get the Topshop shirt dress on......I even dug out my ancient Superga flatforms out after a nod from you as I thought they would be perfect with this dress too! xx

The last shirt dress I owned was a rather, ahem, mumsy number in lime green linen from Boden. I'm actually shuddering at the memory! I thought that had put me off for life, but I would like to add a denim one to my wardrobe this spring. Let's hope it goes better than last time round... :-) xx

I remember you hunting down your H&M shirt dress last year and good thing you did - you've saved yourself some pennies as it's a dead ringer for the Ralph Lauren one. I actually have a shirt dress at the ready - I bought a denim Uniqlo one for £5 in the sale, forgot to return it as I was a bit weighty round Christmas and I came across it the other week and it now fits - phew. I was debating whether to chop it up into a shirt and I think it's just been granted a reprieve!

In my head I can walk around in the Ralph Lauren dress and look fabulous. Quaffing wine in the Hamptons for the summer. In reality I just wouldn't wear it. I am SO stuck in a rut. I love this post. I must try harder. :0) xx